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Topic: follow-up to surgery (Read 1725 times)

I knew the procedure and recovery was going to be horrible, but I never dreamt I'd have issues with the anesthesia. I'm pretty sure that's what occurred. I wasn't even home yet when I started getting over heated and dizzy. By the time I got home, my temp skyrocketed and I was spewing from both ends. My mom was insisting that we go back to the hospital but I was so sick I didn't even want to deal with that. I have my own room air conditioner (we always fight over the house thermostat), and I had it on the coldest setting all night. I had worse night sweats than I ever had with any of my many illnesses. I've yet to eat anything, it makes me nauseous to think about that. I finally managed to keep one of the oxycodene pills down and managed a few hours sleep. I'm feeling a lot better now and can finally focus on the pain of the actual surgery.

Oy. The afteraffects of anesthesia are often underestimated or ignored. All we are is a bag of chemistry and anesthesia can play havoc with that. In my experience it takes a while and even months to recover from fully having been knocked out.

Hope you're on the mend now and the pain from surgery isn't too bad. If you continue to have problems I suggest you give your doctor a call.

I had a dysplastic mass removed inside the anus. (along with the external little buggers). I've had several surgeries and never experienced the side affects like I did with this one. Maybe it was a blessing in disguise since the ass surgery seems mild compared to how I was feeling last night.

Andy, thanks for the advice. I'm sure I'll be ok now. It's been almost 24 hours now and I really am feeling much better. If not, I was planing on going back.

I still don't know why so many people abuse Oxycodene. There's no way I could use it as a party drug.

Wow, sorry to hear about the bad experience. Hope you feel better soon. I've put off suggested surgery by my colorectal doc for a very tiny bump that the doc still isn't sure is a wart. I only want to be knocked out only if truly necessary. Did they give ya any drug, like Versed, that is contraindicted with your meds? Anyway, hope you feel better soon and don't need to blast the a/c.

Wow, sorry to hear about the bad experience. Hope you feel better soon. I've put off suggested surgery by my colorectal doc for a very tiny bump that the doc still isn't sure is a wart. I only want to be knocked out only if truly necessary. Did they give ya any drug, like Versed, that is contraindicted with your meds? Anyway, hope you feel better soon and don't need to blast the a/c.

Damn, I never thought about an interactions with my meds: Intelence, Isentress and Truvada. It is kinda strange thinking back. I met the anesthesiologist 15 minutes before surgery. He was asking typical questions and one of them was if I had any chronic conditions. Of course I answered none that weren't addressed with the surgeon. As we continued talking and I mentioned HIV, he looked shocked and said; "oh, you're HIV positive?" Does that mean he didn't even review a list of the medications I provided?

Have you considered having that bump burnt off? I've had that done in the past and it wasn't at all bad.

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